David Durocher is the executive director of The Other Side Academy—a residential rehabilitation program based in Salt Lake City. His road to this career he loves has been brutal and jagged; it has also been rewarding, joyful, and worth every drop of blood, sweat, and tears. “I was a self-centered, heathenistic, gun-running, drug-dealing, out-of-control drug addict and … [Read more...] about The Other Side Academy: Sharing Hope and Transforming Lives
Homeless
Project Empathy: Lending a Listening Ear to the Homeless
Our adventure begins with our heroes, Chase Hansen and his dad, John. The two attended the FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention when Chase was just four-years-old. They quickly decided they wanted their very own lair in which to become the ultimate superhero duo. The superhero-obsessed comic fans couldn’t have any ordinary clubhouse. They needed 38,000 sq. ft. of space to run and … [Read more...] about Project Empathy: Lending a Listening Ear to the Homeless
The Road Home: A Community of Giving
So many households in the community live paycheck to paycheck. Checkbooks are so fragile. Any small, unforeseen circumstances, if unexpected, can create insecurity. If there are no savings, if the budget cannot absorb the costs of rainy-day events that happen to everyone from time to time, especially if they have no safety net of family and friends, some families find … [Read more...] about The Road Home: A Community of Giving
